Total Solar Eclipse of 1995 October 24

The three photographs of the total solar eclipse of 1995 Oct 24 were taken by Fred Espenak of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from the small town of Dundlod, India.

The eclipse was unique for its low altitude (23 °) and short duration (40 seconds), due to the fact that the Moon was only 1.1% larger than the Sun. As a result, the limbs of the Sun and Moon were in close proximity to each other over a rather long arc at second and third contacts.